2 armed robbers sentenced to death by hanging in Taraba

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October 15, 2015 12:36 PM

Two armed robbers have been sentenced to death having been found guilty by a court in Taraba State.

Two armed robbery suspects have been convicted to death by hanging by a Jalingo High Court sitting in the capital of Taraba State.

The two convicts, Ifalacho Okechukwu from Anambra State and Ezekiel Ukach, from Plateau State, were found guilty of robbing the cashiers of the Education Authority of Zing and Ardo-Kola Local Government Areas of the state, dispossessing them of staff salaries in 2013.

The presiding judge, Justice Ali Andenyangtso, said the convicts were accused of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery under Section Six 'B' of the Robbery and Fire Arms Special Provision Acts 2014.

“The two convicts robbed the cashiers of Zing and that of Ardo- Kola Local Government Areas of the state in 2013 during the payment of staff salaries.

The two accused persons did not produce any witness and also pleaded not guilty to the offense but the prosecuting counsel had called about fifteen witnesses to testify and all their evidences were taken by the court.”

Andenyangtso sentenced the first and the second accused persons to ten years imprisonment on first count charge of criminal conspiracy while the second count charge attracted a death sentence by hanging.

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